Thread: The Plod

Originally Posted by bacicat

It is a lot easier with a bike, once your done for noise to just slip the factory mufflers back on for the vehicle check,then stick the loud ones back on. Takes all of 10 minutes.

Cheers - Gav.

Not on my bike, the original system is one piece so it's a hassle to take off the aftermarket and refit the OEM.

Originally Posted by p38arover

Not on my bike, the original system is one piece so it's a hassle to take off the aftermarket and refit the OEM.

Lile I said before, if you just want to pass the test and then go back to loud. Just stick something up the back to restrict it. Chicken wire works.


Happy days

Originally Posted by sheerluck

I shared a hospital ward a number of years ago with two guys who'd come off their bikes. One was wearing leathers and came away with a ****tered leg and broken arm.

The other, much younger guy wasn't. He'd had to throw his bike when someone attempted to do a right turn in front of him. Not much in the way of flesh on his lower right leg, right forearm and hand.

Clearly what you do about your own safety is your own business Tombie.

Yeah I know. But I'm slack

ATGATT is a good way to be...
(All the gear all the time)

From the Stromtrooper motorbike forum that I'm on (the quotes are probably apocryphal):

Originally Posted by Phodius

Southern cops have a way with words! These are actual comments made by South Carolina Troopers that were taken off their car videos:

1. "You know, stop lights don't come any redder than the one you just went through."

2. "Relax, the handcuffs are tight because they're new. They'll stretch after you wear them a while."

3. "If you take your hands off the car, I'll make your birth certificate a worthless document."

4. "If you run, you'll only go to jail tired."

5. "Can you run faster than 1200 feet per second? Yes or no; because that's the speed of the bullet that'll be chasing you."

6. "You don't know how fast you were going? I guess that means I can write anything I want to on the ticket, huh?"

7. "Yes, sir, you can talk to the shift supervisor, but I don't think it will help. Oh, did I mention that I'm the shift supervisor?"

8. "Warning! You want a warning? O.K, I'm warning you not to do that again or I'll give you another ticket."

9. "The answer to this last question will determine whether you are drunk or not. Was Mickey Mouse a cat or a dog?"

10. "Fair? You want me to be fair? Listen, fair is a place where you go to ride on rides, eat cotton candy and corn dogs and step in monkey poop."

11. "Yeah, we have a quota. Two more tickets and my wife gets a toaster oven."

12. "In God we trust; all others we run through NCIC." (National Crime Information Center )

13. "Just how big were those 'two beers' you say you had?"

14. "No sir, we don't have quotas anymore. We used to, but now we're allowed to write as many tickets as we can."

15. "I'm glad to hear that the Chief (of Police) is a personal friend of yours. So you know someone who can post your bail."

AND THE WINNER IS....

16. "You didn't think we give pretty women tickets? You're right, we don't. Sign here."

I have several customers that are members of the constabulary. They have a great sense of humour (That is mandatory IMO in that job) and would be not insulted by the term PC Plod, more insulting would perhaps be the WAY it is said, or the context of the conversation rather than the term itself?
Like you said Bob, they deserve our respect for the rubbish they have to put up with, but there are far worse and more disrespectful names people use

JC

Originally Posted by sheerluck

Gav, I found it quite ironic that the pair of them were only wearing t-shirt, denim waistcoat and jeans. No leathers, no gloves. Very much relying on the loud pipes to save their lives I feel, or at least save them from terrible gravel rash.

I agree. I also believe loud pipes save lives (as well as save injury and material damage), and my pipe is quite loud. However, I ALWAYS wear full leathers, boots, gloves, back protector and full-face helmet... so I feel justified in my argument, knowing that I also use safety measures that DON'T annoy other people.

I really wish the cops would come down hard on Harley (and other) riders with loud pipes.

Originally Posted by p38arover

I really wish the cops would come down hard on Harley (and other) riders with loud pipes.

They can't catch me...